preda

See also: pređa, préda, předa, předá, and Preda

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praeda, from earlier praeheda, from prae- + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: prè‧da

Noun

preda f (plural prede)

1. prey

Related terms

• predare

Further reading

• preda in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

• padre, perda

Portuguese

Verb

preda

1. inflection of predar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдати (prědati), from Proto-Slavic *perdati, from *per- (“over, through”) +‎ *dati (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈda/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pre‧da

Verb

a preda (third-person singular present predă, past participle predat, third-person subjunctive predea) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to hand over, to give in custody an object
2. (transitive) to hand in, turn in (submit)
3. (transitive) to turn in (e.g. to the police)
4. (reflexive) to surrender or to turn oneself in (to the police)
5. (ambitransitive) to teach in school

Conjugation

    conjugation of preda (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a preda
gerund			predând
past participle			predat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	predau	predai	predă	predăm	predați	predau
	imperfect	predam	predai	preda	predam	predați	predau
	simple perfect	predai	predași	predă	predarăm	predarăți	predară
	pluperfect	predasem	predaseși	predase	predaserăm	predaserăți	predaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să predau	să predai	să predea	să predăm	să predați	să predea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		predă			predați
	negative		nu preda			nu predați

Derived terms

• predanie

Further reading

• “preda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pedra

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpreda/, [ˈpɾɛː.ð̞ä]

Noun

preda f

1. (Logudorese) stone

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêda/
• Hyphenation: pre‧da

Preposition

prȅda (Cyrillic spelling пре̏да)

1. alternative form of prȅd

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

preda (Cyrillic spelling преда)

1. third-person singular present of predati

   Režimu je ponestalo trikova u očajanju da natjeraju Novu narodnu armiju da odustane ili da se preda.

   The régime is running out of tricks in its desperation to force the New People’s Army into either cooptation or capitulation.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeda/ [ˈpɾe.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: pre‧da

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Latin praeda (the expected inherited form would be #prieda).

Noun

preda f (plural predas)

1. obsolete spelling of prea

Etymology 2

Verb

preda

1. inflection of predar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “preda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• padre, pared